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Kuwait City, 11th November, 2020: Expats can enter Kuwait as long as their residence is valid General Administration of Residency Affairs confirmed that expats who have valid residence have the right to enter Kuwait as per the health requirements laid down by the Ministry of Interior. The General Residency affairs department refuted the rumors which are going around that those expats who are outside Kuwait if they do not enter by 31st Dec will not be allowed to enter is totally false. There is nothing new in the law regarding absence in the country. Those who are outside Kuwait can renew their residence permit online and there is no need for a review from the residency affairs department. If the Ministry of the Interior decided to take new measures against those expats outside the country, it must be officially announced through the General Administration of Public Relations in the Ministry of Interior. In response to a question to Al Anba, about preventing above…

Kuwait City, 11th November 2020: Kuwait Airport to operate 24 hrs from the 17th Nov; Passengers allowed to carry hand baggage The Director General of Civil Aviation, M. Youssef Al-Fawzan, addressed a letter to the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health regarding the review of health requirements at Kuwait Airport, in which he stated that, “ During the meeting of executive committee for commercial aviation re-operation on November 9th, 2020 the representative of the Ministry of Health stated that if there are enough number for staff to register and organize, there is no objection from the Ministry of Health to restart the operations of airport for 24 hrs. Kuwait Airways and NAS are ready to provide required staff at the airport to be operational for 24 hrs from 17th of this month”. On the other hand, Director of Operations Department at Kuwait International Airport, Mansour AlHashemi, sent a letter to the National Aviation Services Company(NAS), which includes perm…